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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

it's in the mail

Way back during Christmas week, we had a house-full of guests for a Bible conference...after they left, I was doing laundry, putting the house back in order...and I found a few items of clothes in Demi-Sky's closet, which was where we housed several college-aged guys. I also found a large winter coat. By it's largeness, we decided it must belong to our friend J...who could be on the brute squad, and the clothes must belong to E, also on the brute squad and fortunately, close regionally to J. We decided to mail the clothes.

It took many weeks for me to box them up, get an address, and to finally get down to the post office. Mission accomplished, finally...

We received this email in reply:

Hi [Sky],



It was fun to see your names on the package of clothes - especially your

family address sticker with all the gang.


Hmmm.  Now the mystery is ... I called E and he says that he

isn't missing any clothes.


My Investigation

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The black n blue ski jacket has a Mt. Spokane lift ticket attached and E
says he's never been there.


Well, this AM Shelley and I dug in the box and ... inside the jacket we

found:

1) Alaska Air bag claims for: [Sky, Meg, and Josie]


2) a Dublin bus ticket receipt for 1.35 Euros dated Aug.  28, 2006


3) a card from the Pullman Police for [Sky]'s lost cell phone .. hey this

brings back memories!


4) ticket stubs for Feb 12 2008 for the Pacific Science Center


5) a pair of black gloves


Hey, I should join the FBI .. this is fun!


Conclusions

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Conclusion 1:  Isn't this [Sky]'s jacket?


Conclusion 2: It must not get cold enough in sunny So. Cal. for you folks to

break out clothing like this.


Now what?


Love to you all,


Jamie






okay then

I did have one bright cerebral moment today...gotta claim what I can...

I had Meg and Josie cut apart all the magnetic tiles I had for All about Spelling. I had 3 sets to make, plus 3 sets of flashcards...in a brilliant moment I drafted the girls to finish this chore for me. And they were so good at it, too.

Finally, we can start our spelling program! -it's been sitting around for many weeks.

Labels: Jen's world

posted at 8:37 AM
6 comments

6 Comments:

At 11:34 PM, Amy said...: So you tell him it's like that bear who travels the world. Have them take a photo and send it to you. Then they are to ship the coat on to friends who do the same. Ta-da! Homeschooling project. :)
At 12:16 AM, Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by the author.
At 12:20 AM, Hen Jen said...: *okay the deleted comment was me, I didn't realize a house guest was signed in..until I hit "post"!

Amy,

you crack me up, this is an inspired idea! I actually have a bear, named Angel Bear that I do this with...hmm, maybe I should get a photo of Angel Bear wearing the coat??
At 6:58 AM, Anonymous said...: Hmm, I posted a comment but it's not here. Sometimes I think I forget to type the code in the box and then I don't notice the error message.

So what I *meant* to say was...how much did you spend shipping this stuff to the wrong person? And are you getting Sky's jacket shipped back?
At 8:53 AM, Hen Jen said...: Allison,

I think I spent $13 shipping it. I think someone is going to bring it down for the next elder's conference..we still don't know if the clothes are his.
At 3:31 PM, Anonymous said...: Well, $13 is a small price to pay for such a highly diverting story.

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